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the party s leadership was drawn further into the argument on sunday the deputy prime minister refusing to say whether he thought the comments were islamophobic. our political correspondent georgia roberts reports. lee anderson, seen this morning, was not long ago the deputy chairman of the conservative party, but he has now been suspended for refusing to apologise for these comments. i don t actually believe that these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they ve got control of khan and they ve got control of london. speaking this morning, the deputy prime minister said the mp didn t intend to be islamophobic, but acknowledged the comments could have been read that way, which is why he was asked to apologise. i don t believe that lee anderson was intending to be islamophobic, but nonetheless i understand the concern, particularly when it is in relation to the mayor of london, how those words have caused offence. but you re talking about ....
newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s paddy in the studio. and it s laura in the studio. and henry is having a week off, so we are graced with the journalist of the moment. hello. who are you? nick watt, how is that? nick watt, the political editor of newsnight, he has been making some news if you are viewing this week. since we last spoke yesterday we have just broke the news that lee anderson the tory mp has been booted out of the party for making what a lot of people believe were racist and unpleasant islamophobic comments, and there has been a statement from anderson himself and also overnight a statement from the prime minister too condemning extremism and anti semitism but not condemning islamophobia. remind ourselves what lee anderson actually said before we get into the furore around it. i don t actually believe that the islamists have got control of the country but what i do believe is they have got control of khan and they have got control of london, an ....
anti muslim and racist . lee anderson was suspended from the party after saying london s mayor was controlled by islamists . the suspension was not for the comments but for refusing to apologise. the party s leadership was drawn further into the argument on sunday the deputy prime minister refusing to say whether he thought the comments were islamophobic. 0ur political correspondent georgia roberts reports. lee anderson, seen this morning, was not long ago the deputy chairman of the conservative party, but he has now been suspended for refusing to apologise for these comments. i don t actually believe that these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they ve got control of khan and they ve got control of london. speaking this morning, the deputy prime minister said the mp didn t intend to be islamophobic, but acknowledged the comments could have been read that way, which is why he was asked to apologise. i don t believe that lee anderson was in ....
whole, it is a quieter story. write with some sunny spells around. the only exception is done in the far southwest and i will give you all the details on that and more coming up the details on that and more coming up shortly. good morning to you. it s sunday february 24. our main story: the former conservative deputy chairman, lee anderson, has admitted the prime minister had no option but to take action over comments he made about the mayor of london. mr anderson has been suspended from the party, but has not apologised for his claims about sadiq khan. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. this man isn tjust the mp for ashfield in the east midlands, he has a second job as a gb news presenter, and that s where he made his controversial comments. i don t actually believe that these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they ve got control of khan and they ve got control of london. the remarks could raise tensions in londo ....
good evening. i m kaitlan collins coming to you live from one and then tonight, after an extraordinary 48 hour journey in and out of ukraine for a one-on-one interview with president below tamir zelenskyy on the second anniversary of putin s invasion of his country. it was a conversation that frankly surprised me several times. including zelensky s candor about the fight over us aid. it s a situation that is so dire. zelenskyy told me ukraine will make no new gains on the battlefield this year unless they have us help. he also warned that millions of people could die. it loomed almost over every conversation that was had with ukrainians on the ground. this question of whether or not american support is going to be part of their future tomorrow could be a moment of truth there because in washington, president biden is set to meet with the leaders of the house and the senate. really inside that room when they talk about aid to ukraine, which we are told we will be par ....